Scripture for the week.... moroni 10:27-29.
What a week. Ill just start from the beggining, Monday as i said was district pday, which was a pretty good time. We went out to eat at applebees, and then we went back to the Montpelier chapel and played missionary sorry, the board game sorry, but we turned it missionaryish. Then Elder Barfuss and i taught Elder Chen how to rope stuff,(Elder Barfuss is our district leader and his grandpa sent him out a lariat). So that was quite humorous to see a little asian boy trying to be a cowboy.
Then it was time to go on exchange, so Elder C and Barfuss headed to lyndon, and i headed to South Royalton with Elder Petersen. He told me they didnt have anything really planned for exchange except for going to help some members in the area milk. And of course right when he told me that i perked right up and was nothing but happy. So on the way to their apartment we stopped and helped a member milk, and it was just good to smell cows again, ive missed that smell a whole bunch, they were probably some of the worst cows i have ever seen but they were still cows so i wasnt going to complain out loud.
Tuesday we woke up and started doing missionary stuff, we went to the joseph smith memorial because it is in that area.
Later tuesday night we went and helped another member milk, and his cows weren't half bad, the only problem is he uses alot of accelerated semen,(dad we need to get the ABS guys going around here). He had a Guernsey that was actually a really good cow, so that was fun to see. While i was milking, Elder Chen and Barfuss were back in Lyndon teaching the first lesson to brother gregory, i was pretty bummed that i had to miss the first lesson, but i got over it. They set a baptisimal date for february 23 and he will be baptized at 3 that saturday, i am super excited for him to be baptized so they can go through the temple when Elder Gregory gets home for good in a year and half. They have already set the date that they plan to go through the temple.
Wednesday we had our normal district meeting back in montpelier, so i got to exchange back to elder C,Once we got back to lyndon we had to hurry and go get set up for mutual. Our activity turned out so good. I wont go into to much detail about it, because i honestly dont know how to describe it in an email, it was just tooo awesome. The spirit was strong and i hope the kids were able to feel it. WE talked to Brother Jablonski after and he said there is no way they couldnt have felt the spirit, so it was good to hear that.
Thursday we got a call from bob and he said he didnt want to learn anymore, so in the mission we call that being dropped. It was hard for me, seeing how that was the first time i have been dropped since i was out here. We also dropped two other investigators who have been being taught for a long time but werent progressing at all. We also had to drop logan and keiths bap dates, because they have not been progressing either. Also on thursday we were tracting and a guy told us he was going to call the cops on us, i was super mad, i wanted to tell him to go ahead and call the cops on us, but i didnt think that would be a good missionary thing to say. But even after all the bummer stuff that happened it turned out pretty good. That night we taught bro gregory lesson number 2 which went great, we also had dinner with them he cooked us moose steaks mmmmmmmm very good.
Friday the storm of the century was supposedly going to rock all of new england, it was supposed to be wicked bad. But sounds like the whole world already knows about it. You would be happy to know that here in lyndonville we didnt get more than 4 inches of snow. But other parts of the mission got hit really really hard. Because of the weather our cars were grounded, so we grabbed our snow shovels and started walking around. Thursday night the Gorhams called and cancelled for friday becasue of the storm, they live up the mountain a little bit, so they got more snow than us, but they are so sweet and love us so much that they brought us pizza to cook for dinner and brought me milk and elder C orange juice which is what we always drink at their house. So friday night we took Elder Gregory out with us and tried to contact some less actives with little success, then Hershel called and invited us to the chinese buffet, so we went and ate with him.
Sunday we got to church at 9 for correlation meeting and bishop grabbed me and said his speaker couldnt make it, and asked me to speak. My topic was John 13:34-35, its about love. So i gave a talk on the fly, and people said it was really good, so hopefully they werent just saying that. After church we had a linger longer, and then after that we went and taught bro greg again. After that we took Elder G and Zack barnhart a kid from the ward that has his mission call to brasil and we went on splits. Zack and i went together, we taught a less active, did some street contacting and we found a new investigator. His name is Sky and he looks like a very rough character, tattoos all over and piercings, but he seem open to learning wht we have, so we are teaching him again friday.
So i just want to tell you a little more about brother GRegory. His wife has been a member her whole life and has always been active. They have been married 22 years, and Bro G has always went to church with her. So we always joke that we are teaching him but he has been going to church longer than we have been alive. He is a vermont game warden, an avid hunter and trapper and also a competition weight lifter. He is going to teach me how to do some trapping, and when i get home he is gonna come stay with us and hunt in idaho. He bench presses 700 pounds, yea that is an insane amount. But i love the guy he is so awesome.
My toe still hurts and is fat, but ill get over it, idk what i did to it or whats wrong with it. Tomorrow we have zone conference at the Joseph smith memorial Brother Gregory and Elder Gregory are driving us to it, and after it Bro g is having his bap interview so exciting. After Zone conference i am going on exchange with the zone leaders so that should be fun.
Always remember that i love you all. The church is true, and without it none of us would be the people we are today. I am so grateful for the gospel and the man this mission is allowing me to become.
Love always,
Elder Quinton Joseph Zilles
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